I commit to them my unending efforts to fight racism in all its forms," Day said in a tweet earlier today. Day also notified CBC he was stepping away from his role as a commentator for the program. Trudeau's comments did not address Trump's threat to call on the military to remove demonstrators, but they did point to what Trudeau said were Canada's own problems with systemic racism. Fellow panellists Amanda Alvaro and Emilie Nicolas pushed back against Day, challenging his assertions about systemic racism and the comparison Day made to his own experiences being bullied. "Yesterday, Stockwell Day made comments during a televised interview that run counter to this view.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2020 23:48 UTC